Q: Stalling out when putting the car into 2nd gear

asked by on July 06, 2017

This morning my car started fine. In first gear it was good, but I noticed that when I shifted into second gear, the car stalled out. I put it back into first, started the car and took off. As I was on my way to work, the same thing happened another 2 times. I kept thinking it was my coordination and I was letting off the clutch too fast. Then it happened when I was on a hill. I tried restarting the car, but this time the engine wasn't starting. It sounded like starting a car with no gas. The engine shook a little and took a while to start. I managed to take it to the mechanic. I wanted to post on here just to get another opinion and see what this may cost me...

My car has 110000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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